To achieve the green transition, the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) needs to be redesigned to incentivise Member States to invest. The current reform proposal on the table, however, falls short of the EU’s ambition to achieve the green transition. To address this shortcoming, seven organisations including EUREC have signed an Open Letter which...
The European Commission, Council and European Parliament all agree that “Member States shall ensure that building owners, tenants and managers can have direct access to their building systems’ data” and that “At their request, the access or data shall be made available to a third party.” This is good; it allows building owners, tenants or...
Brussels, Belgium (Friday 29th September 2023): The Renewable Energy Skills partnership has issued a statement of 10 recommendations to the European Commission, on the establishment of Net-Zero Industry Academies, as proposed by the Commission in the Net-Zero Industry Act. Soon, the partnership will launch a set of training programmes for renewables across the EU. The...
On 14 and 15 June 2023, EUREC College of Members #66 was held in Ingolstadt at the premises of THI. The main event on 14 June was the seminar “Renewable Energies and Grids: Grid-supporting Integration of Renewable Energy Technologies in Electricity and Heating/Cooling Grids?” with the following presentations: Chair: Rainer Janssen, EUREC President Speakers: “Flexibility...
The world is entering a new era of cleantech competition. According to the IEA, well-designed industrial strategy is key. China, the USA and Japan are all moving quickly to ensure they capture their share of a cleantech market likely to reach $650 billion by 2030, delivering long-term competitiveness for their economies, green jobs for their citizens, support for their climate goals,...
The large-scale renewable energy skills partnership, launched on 21 March 2023, will identify commitments and targets and develop a vision of concrete upskilling and reskilling needs for the renewable energy sector in Europe. It is coordinated by EUREC, Solar Power Europe, GCP Europe and the European Commission. Read the press release here.
On 23 February, EUREC finalised this submission to the Horizon Europe public consultation. The subheadings are: Horizon Europe’s purpose Monitoring of spending Better monitoring of how much is left in Horizon Europe’s different envelopes Don’t raid Horizon Europe for the European Sovereignty Fund At least 35% of Horizon Europe’s budget to be spent on climate-relevant...
Mobilers is a research unit of Sivas Cumhuriyet University focused on mobility and energy. They carry out research in the following fields: Power Electronics Multilevel modeling, Low-level control, Thermal design and management, Prototyping, BMS, Powertrain Electric Machines Multilevel modeling, Advanced control systems (DTC, IFOC, AI, etc.), Thermal design and management, Co-design optimization including FEM modeling Renewable...
The indicative target of 5% of innovative renewable technologies introduced in the RED can be a real booster for the EU bioenergy and biofuels industry. ETIP Bioenergy is ready to play an important role by supporting Member States to reach this target. Read the position paper here.
Forty organisations representing business innovation, green growth associations, clean tech entrepreneurs, think-tanks, institutes and NGOs are calling on the EU to make a success of the proposed Green Deal Industrial Plan. In a letter to EU leaders, signatories offer guidance and call for rapid action on ten priority measures before this week’s Special European Council...
The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics (ETIP PV) supports “at least 5% innovative renewables” in Renewable Energy Directive revision. Read the position paper here.
On 3 February 2023, EUREC Secretary General wrote to DG ENER on Electricity Market Design: At an online meeting of the Clean Energy Industry Forum (Renewables) on 2 February, the European Commission asked me in the chat if I agreed “2-way CfD would in principle work for non-dispatchable RES?”. A two-sided CFD (‘Contract for difference’)...
EUREC previously released two reports in support of the European Parliament’s proposed amendment to the Renewable Energy Directive (“RED III”) calling for at least 5% of new renewable energy capacity to be of innovative renewable energy technology. This important and timely idea will speed up the commercialization of new, high-quality, European-made renewable energy technology across...
A strong reform of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is needed in order to rapidly reduce emissions from the goods and services Europe produces. Supporting clean technologies and innovation through the Innovation Fund is crucial to ensure the necessary tools to decarbonise, such as hydrogen, next generation renewables, carbon capture and storage, and carbon...
EUREC has released two reports in support of the European Parliament’s proposed amendment to the Renewable Energy Directive (“RED III”) calling for at least 5% of new renewable energy capacity to be of innovative renewable energy technology (Article 3). The report is EUREC’s latest effort to promote awareness of this important and timely idea. Through...
This year, the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) takes a hybrid format, on the theme of ‘Going green and digital for Europe’s energy transition’. EUREC will participate in the EUSEW Energy Fair from 26 to 29 September. Come and visit us at our booth to learn more about our association and EU-funded projects! You will...
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday, 14 September in favour of a 45% target for renewable energy in the EU’s energy mix by 2030 as part of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III), paving the way for negotiations with the member states in order to finalise the text before the end of the year. The...
Wolfram Sparber, EUREC’s Vice President, was invited to contribute to the foreword of the new issue of the Innovation Network Platform. In this article, he establishes the measures that Europe must take to optimise its renewables portfolio. Read the article here. Read the 11th edition of The Innovation Platform here.
Leading renewable energy industry federations, think tanks and research centres call for faster market uptake of renewable sources and next-generation RES technologies. BRUSSELS, 20 June 2022. The twin geopolitical and energy crises have thrown into sharp relief the high costs of Europe’s continued fossil gas dependency. Rising prices and supply threats clearly highlight the necessity...
The research unit EVERGi of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel carries out research and delivers innovation support towards the design, optimization, evaluation and demonstration of complex multi-energy systems. More info on EVERGi’s activities HERE.
ETIP PV — of which EUREC is a Secretariat partner — has developed a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) which focuses on solar PV technology as a prominent aspect of the EU’s commitments to its clean energy targets and global sustainability goals. PV technology has already proven to be economically and environmentally competitive...
The 2022 World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) will be held from 6-8 April 2022 in Wels/Austria. The WSED are one of Europe’s largest conferences on climate neutrality with over 100 speakers from all over the world. In addition to 6 dedicated conferences covering key aspects of the energy transition, technical site visits and a major...
DG ENER organised a series of workshops to collect input from stakeholders on the Action Plan on the Digitalisation of the Energy Sector, aimed at developing a competitive market for digital energy services and a digital energy infrastructure that is cyber-secure, efficient and sustainable. One meeting in this series – Data sharing in renewable...
The European Technology & Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics (ETIP PV) is inviting applications for membership of the ETIP PV Steering Committee. Send your application by 1 April 2022. About ETIP PV The European Technology & Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics is a EC funded network of experts sharing a long-term European vision for PV, helping to...
DG ENER has organized a series of workshops to collect input from stakeholders on the Action Plan on the Digitalisation of the Energy Sector, aimed at developing a competitive market for digital energy services and a digital energy infrastructure that is cyber-secure, efficient and sustainable. One meeting in this series – Data sharing in renewable energy: experiences and incentives –...
Alongside MDPI Energies and under the editorial leadership of EUREC board member Andrea Michiorri (MINES ParisTech), EUREC is coordinating a Special Issue Journal focused on energy digitalisation and data to be published in September 2022. The objective is to bring solid peer reviewed research material and results to European digitalisation policy, particularly influencing the “Action...
